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the call went to the fbi instead. >> it's crazy. it's unbelievable that something like this has happened. >> reporter: the fbi says it became aware of smadi from an online group of extremists. he stood out because he wanted to serve osama bin laden and al qaeda. as three undercover agents who claimed to belong to a sleeper al qaeda cell swapped messages, they claim his deal came through. he was starting the credit card is what drives america and he desired to attack one of the main locations. believing the agents were terrorist who is would give him the truck bomb, he met them to plan the attack that he wanted on september 11th but then put off to the 24th after ramadan, the islamic holy month. then on august 26th, he wrote i will plant it in the foundations exactly under the building. when it explodes it will shake the foundation so the building, if it is heavy in weight, tons, all will come down. let the drums of victory be struck in our holiday. we know allah is with us. but he learned he was really with the fbi. >> i'm glad they
the call went to the fbi instead. >> it's crazy. it's unbelievable that something like this has happened. >> reporter: the fbi says it became aware of smadi from an online group of extremists. he stood out because he wanted to serve osama bin laden and al qaeda. as three undercover agents who claimed to belong to a sleeper al qaeda cell swapped messages, they claim his deal came through. he was starting the credit card is what drives america and he desired to attack one of the main...
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had the fbi allowed him to. >> very interesting guy. very well connected in that whole arena. interesting to hear what he said happened and didn't happen leading to the attacks. >> i'm jeremy hubbard. >> i'm vinita nair. president obama heads to wall street monday to deliver a report card on the nation's financial crisis. it will be exactly one year after the staggering collapse of lehman brothers which set the stage for the crisis. >> the administration says many of the government programs which propped up the economy are no longer needed. and banks are beginning to repay their taxpayer loans. here's linsey davis. >> reporter: president barack obama made a lot of promises about the $787 billion stimulus plan. now more than six months later, congress is essentially told so far so good. >> the recovery act is making a difference. economic activity is expected to begin its rebound in the coming months. >> reporter: the council on economic advisers said the stimulus has created or saved more than a million jobs. >> i can stand here with co
had the fbi allowed him to. >> very interesting guy. very well connected in that whole arena. interesting to hear what he said happened and didn't happen leading to the attacks. >> i'm jeremy hubbard. >> i'm vinita nair. president obama heads to wall street monday to deliver a report card on the nation's financial crisis. it will be exactly one year after the staggering collapse of lehman brothers which set the stage for the crisis. >> the administration says many of the...
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zazi and his attorney volunteered to meet with the fbi today. agents executed their warrants in aurora while zazi was telling his story in downtown denver. he's become the face of a federal investigation. 24-year-old najibullah zazi is an afghani immigrant planning to apply for u.s. citizenship, an application undoubtedly complicated by a very aggressive federal investigation. >> he's certainly no happy about it. >> reporter: zazi's attorney says he was hired on tuesday, the very same day his cliernt announced he was innocent and not connected with any terrorist organization. >> of course not. have i nothing to do with al qaeda and any link or anything with al qaeda. >> reporter: while agents searched this third story aurora apartment, zazi and his attorney were in downtown denver telling their story, a meeting they initiated early wednesday morning. >> i informed them this morning when i called that we wanted to sit down, my client was available to be interviewed. we wanted to answer any questions they had. >> reporter: for the second consecuti
zazi and his attorney volunteered to meet with the fbi today. agents executed their warrants in aurora while zazi was telling his story in downtown denver. he's become the face of a federal investigation. 24-year-old najibullah zazi is an afghani immigrant planning to apply for u.s. citizenship, an application undoubtedly complicated by a very aggressive federal investigation. >> he's certainly no happy about it. >> reporter: zazi's attorney says he was hired on tuesday, the very...
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the fbi documents say ahmad afzali tipped off zazi and then lied about it to the fbi. his lawyer says the police were wrong to use him in such a sensitive case. >> and now they have to blame someone. instead of coming in and saying we messed up, you know, we shouldn't have had afzali conducting an investigation for us. >> reporter: so far authorities say they have no specifics on potential targets but they say zazi's computer had images of grand central station and he researched football and baseball stadiums as long as sites used for the the well attended fashion festivities in new york city. security will be even tight they are week, especially as president obama and scores of other foreign leaders come to the city for the opening of of the u.n. general assembly. brian ross, abc news, new york. >> in washington state a sigh cot being killer who escaped while on a field trip to the county fair last week has now been recaptured. there are questions about why phillip arnold paul was allowed to go on the trip in plain street clothes in the first place. he was found insan
the fbi documents say ahmad afzali tipped off zazi and then lied about it to the fbi. his lawyer says the police were wrong to use him in such a sensitive case. >> and now they have to blame someone. instead of coming in and saying we messed up, you know, we shouldn't have had afzali conducting an investigation for us. >> reporter: so far authorities say they have no specifics on potential targets but they say zazi's computer had images of grand central station and he researched...
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the fbi steps up its man hunt for an alleged terror cell. what investigators have learned about those already in custody. >> and william shakespeare's final resting place is falling apart. the price tag for the renovation. >> there's just no money there. >> it's tuesday, september 22nd. >> announcer: from abc news, this is "world news now." >> and this is a very special edition of "world news now," a broadcast first in the middle of the night. it is our very first hd telecast, high definition. this is what it looks like. >> isn't it clearer? >> after all that expensive technology. don't adjust your set. this is what it looks like. >> i'm nervous about hd. you can see our pores more. all the things we don't want you to see you can see. >> let's get willis and johnny to get the camera out of focus, back away a little bit. >> i'm jeremy hubbard. >> i'm vinita nair. after suffering for years in the grips of a terrible drought the southeast is being inundated. there is major flooding across georgia, tennessee and >> among the six fatalities, a 2-
the fbi steps up its man hunt for an alleged terror cell. what investigators have learned about those already in custody. >> and william shakespeare's final resting place is falling apart. the price tag for the renovation. >> there's just no money there. >> it's tuesday, september 22nd. >> announcer: from abc news, this is "world news now." >> and this is a very special edition of "world news now," a broadcast first in the middle of the night....
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. >> reporter: but the fbi is continuing a very obvious >> and you're still under surveillance? >> probably i am in? >> at last three teams followed him to the abc news studios, sat outside until he left and then followed him home. >> there were people at large who were willing to participate in a bombing campaign and we haven't yet found the bomb. >> reporter: because he bought large amounts of hair treatment products, the fbi has launched era to be on the lookout for any specific activities. when she went to buy the very frocked, i was sewn at your doorstep. evidence the fbi is very very much on this case. >> two versus of the plan failed to went enough democrats. committee chairman max cause quinns but there's no way it will passel null senate he he arrive in the u.s. by next week. >> and public, especially who work roarkers. >> good morning, many are still worried about the staeft of the hichlt hechlt vaeksine pu the experts say season and and hss other. the too expennive a treatment to be dispud, china call trials with pin have yielded promising in the results. >> we now kn
. >> reporter: but the fbi is continuing a very obvious >> and you're still under surveillance? >> probably i am in? >> at last three teams followed him to the abc news studios, sat outside until he left and then followed him home. >> there were people at large who were willing to participate in a bombing campaign and we haven't yet found the bomb. >> reporter: because he bought large amounts of hair treatment products, the fbi has launched era to be on the...
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immediately barricades went up on the highway in front of the motel and a tem of fbi raced up the back stairs straight to room 21. there they found raymond clark in a white shirt, tan pants and soon he was wearing handcuffs. he was brought into the new haven police department. >> enjoy jail. >> a few minutes ago raymond clark iii was arrested at a motel in cromwell, connecticut. >> reporter: and he was arraigned in court in the murder of annie le. when asked if his rights had been read to him, he said clearly "yes." the surveillance began not long after annie le's body was discovered hidden behind a wall panel. the lab technician went on with his every day routine, playing soft ball, going to a fair and visiting his parents house. the surveillance became more overt as clark became the primary person of interest. authorities had been poring over 70 surveillance cameras and sifted through 300 pieces of evidence. among the more crucial are the access cards used to go building to building and going room to room inside. annie le passed into the basement and swiped her way into a separate cl
immediately barricades went up on the highway in front of the motel and a tem of fbi raced up the back stairs straight to room 21. there they found raymond clark in a white shirt, tan pants and soon he was wearing handcuffs. he was brought into the new haven police department. >> enjoy jail. >> a few minutes ago raymond clark iii was arrested at a motel in cromwell, connecticut. >> reporter: and he was arraigned in court in the murder of annie le. when asked if his rights had...
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a justice department report has since concluded that fbi director j. edgar hoover had deliberately blocked the case from proceeding. in 1977, 14 years after the killings, former klansman was db -- robert chambliss was convicted of murder. an unrepentent chambliss, otherwise known as dynamite bob died in prison in 1985 that left thomas blanton and bobby frank cherry arrested last may for murder. a fourth suspend had already died. we are joined now by teresa stacy who has been in tears watching that report. she made an impossibly difficult decision as you're about to learn. her grand jury testimony helped bring those murder indictments against her grandfather, bobby frank cherry and fellow kkk member thomas blanton. july 1997 and a radio broadcast about this incident in which you heard a voice say "i feel sorry for them but didn't have nothing to do with that." what did you do? >> that was the voice of my grandfather. i immediately looked up and couldn't believe what i was seeing. i guess the whole story came together then because i'd heard it throughout
a justice department report has since concluded that fbi director j. edgar hoover had deliberately blocked the case from proceeding. in 1977, 14 years after the killings, former klansman was db -- robert chambliss was convicted of murder. an unrepentent chambliss, otherwise known as dynamite bob died in prison in 1985 that left thomas blanton and bobby frank cherry arrested last may for murder. a fourth suspend had already died. we are joined now by teresa stacy who has been in tears watching...
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. >> here in new york police, the fbi and members of the terrorism task force have raided three apartments looking for a suspect linked to al qaeda. investigators have been tracking the man since he arrived over the weekend from pakistan. here's brian ross. >> reporter: it was just after midnight when new york police and federal agents raided this apartment house and several other locations across the river from manhattan in the borough of queens. officials had expected to find bomb making materials but none was discovered. >> there is very good reason to believe there is a connection to al qaeda or al qaeda supporters. there does not appear to be self-starters. >> reporter: some authorities feared there might have been a connection to the latest osama bin laden tape which was posted on the internet last night at the same time authorities were going to court for a search warrant. the posting included a picture of the new york city skyline. >> they would not have moved as quickly as they did if they did not believe there was real potential. >> reporter: new york police have disrupted numero
. >> here in new york police, the fbi and members of the terrorism task force have raided three apartments looking for a suspect linked to al qaeda. investigators have been tracking the man since he arrived over the weekend from pakistan. here's brian ross. >> reporter: it was just after midnight when new york police and federal agents raided this apartment house and several other locations across the river from manhattan in the borough of queens. officials had expected to find bomb...
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the arab linguists outnumber those at the cia and fbi combined. ey help analyze intelligence from around the world, including extremist web sites, what police call the new training camps for terrorists. overseas the n.y.p.d. has agents stationed in ten countries. together they're fighting an increasingly varied terror threat. from al qaeda and al qaeda-tied groups and now home-grown terrorists radicalized from inside the u.s. >> the home grown threat has emerged in the wake of 9/11 which gave everybody permission to play out this game, join the radical cause. >> reporter: it's a threat police want to monitor without alienating the vast majority of new york muslims who don't support radicalism. >> this is where they want to see their kids grow up. their concern is our concern. >> reporter: jim sciutto, abc news, new york. >> it certainly seems like a step in the right direction that now they are training people had have that cultural knowledge rather than someone who is american who has learned the muslim language. >> and whenever there is a terror
the arab linguists outnumber those at the cia and fbi combined. ey help analyze intelligence from around the world, including extremist web sites, what police call the new training camps for terrorists. overseas the n.y.p.d. has agents stationed in ten countries. together they're fighting an increasingly varied terror threat. from al qaeda and al qaeda-tied groups and now home-grown terrorists radicalized from inside the u.s. >> the home grown threat has emerged in the wake of 9/11 which...
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and the fbi are still actively hunting down the bombs and a bomb making facility. they believe there's a garj or somewhere wb the bombs are still being stored. >> reporter: the bombing in the summer is proof of vulnerability in so-called soft targets. he says his department changes strategy every day. >> thousands of police officers. we're moving them every couple days. >> reporter: police are continuing to ask people to report any suspicious activities to authorities. >> well, four people were injured and dozens are in custody after a brazen incident at the border with mexico. three vans suspected of smuggling illegal incidents decided to cross by the open screen. all 75 people in the vans were taken into custody. >> super bowl hero plaxico burris has started his two-year prison sentence for carrying a loaded gun. the former giants star arrived at the courthouse carrying his 3-year-old son. ten months ago he actually shot himself with an illegal handgun. >> on capitol hill a new war of words has taken on more about health care. republicans are crying foul saying t
and the fbi are still actively hunting down the bombs and a bomb making facility. they believe there's a garj or somewhere wb the bombs are still being stored. >> reporter: the bombing in the summer is proof of vulnerability in so-called soft targets. he says his department changes strategy every day. >> thousands of police officers. we're moving them every couple days. >> reporter: police are continuing to ask people to report any suspicious activities to authorities....
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>> a lot of people in this country like tom ridge, the whole united states military being like the fbi think that these policies don't make us safer. >> reporter: republicans accuse the president of having a hand in the attorney general's accounting of the former administration's detainee policy, a charge the white house denies. >> turning now to the war in afghanistan. at least 47 americans were killed last month, a record esthe calating violenc the escalating violence and increased risk facing u.s. troops there has the top americ commander forming a new battle plan. nick schifrin reports from afghanistan. >> reporter: nearly eight years after this war began, the u.s. admits it's not winning and has not improved the lives of many afghans. many villages like this one in southern afghanistan are still largely controlled by the taliban. many afghans have had it with both sides. we're fed up with the taliban and we're fed up with you, he says. i am lost. commanders say this war is no longer about how many taliban they can kill or how much land they can seize. it's about preventing the tal
>> a lot of people in this country like tom ridge, the whole united states military being like the fbi think that these policies don't make us safer. >> reporter: republicans accuse the president of having a hand in the attorney general's accounting of the former administration's detainee policy, a charge the white house denies. >> turning now to the war in afghanistan. at least 47 americans were killed last month, a record esthe calating violenc the escalating violence and...